Methods for Function rstream.incprecision in Package ‘rstream’
Get and change the flag for increased precision of an "rstream" object in package rstream.
If the increased precision flag is on (TRUE
) the "rstream" object
returns random numbers with precision close to machine epsilon.
Most sources of pseudo random numbers generate random numbers of precision 2^(-32) ~ 2.e-10. When the flag is on the precision is increased to machine epsilon (i.e. ~ 1.e-16) by combining two random numbers of default precision.
## S4 method for signature 'rstream' rstream.incprecision(stream) rstream.incprecision(stream) <- value
stream |
an "rstream" object. |
value |
a boolean ( |
Methods available for the following "rstream" subclasses:
rstream.mrg32k3a
.
Josef Leydold josef.leydold@wu.ac.at
## create a new rstream object (of subclass rstream.mrg32k3a) s <- new("rstream.mrg32k3a") ## set increased precision flag of rstream object rstream.incprecision(s) <- TRUE ## get increased precision flag of rstream object rstream.incprecision(s)
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